Entrapment of bowel within a spinal fracture

J Pediatr Orthop. 1991 Nov-Dec;11(6):783-5. doi: 10.1097/01241398-199111000-00017.

Abstract

Entrapment of bowel by fracture fragments is extremely rare. A case of entrapment of a loop of jejunum between two vertebral bodies in the lumbar spine is reported. The mechanism appeared to be a hyperextension force with a rotatory component.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Child, Preschool
  • Humans
  • Intestinal Obstruction / etiology*
  • Intestinal Obstruction / surgery
  • Jejunal Diseases / etiology*
  • Jejunal Diseases / surgery
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / diagnostic imaging
  • Lumbar Vertebrae / injuries*
  • Male
  • Radiography
  • Spinal Fractures / complications*
  • Spinal Fractures / diagnostic imaging
  • Spinal Fractures / therapy